2nd Amendment – R2KBA

In an open letter published Monday, CEOs for Dick’s Sporting Goods, Levi Strauss & Co., TOMS and RXR Realty called on Congress to criminalize the private transfer of firearms.

“Something’s gone wrong, for all our vigilance and battle scars over the Bill of Rights, have we let the flame of freedom’s torch grow cold? Because there can be no torch to pass where there’s no flame,” says the late, great Charlton Heston.  

Teachers, along with police officers and family members, now have confiscation power in the Empire State thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Cuomo on Monday.

“While our current occupant of the White House tweets about emergency declarations, a real crisis persists in the 39,377 Americans who died from gun violence in 2017.  The federal government — cowering in the presence of NRA lobbyists — has abdicated its role to safeguard Americans by implementing reasonable firearm regulations.  In the absence of federal leadership, cities and states will continue to step up to do more to keep our residents safe,” said Mayor Liccardo.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that anti-gun politicians care far more about scoring political points than reducing crime. Their support for policies that have no discernable effect on crime rates is proof enough for that. But sometimes they make their motivations more obvious than usual.

U.S. House Representatives introduced over the weekend their take on the new-and-improved “assault weapons” ban, and while the text of the legislation has yet to be released, preening gun-ban proponents like Colorado congresswoman Diana DeGette have outlined the new restrictions on their official government websites.

“You don’t want guns in proximity to kids in schools, period,” Raimondo said.

Last week, the Los Angeles City Council by a vote of 14-0 approved an ordinance that would require city contractors to disclose any and all financial ties to the National Rifle Association.

“But we stand here today because for too long the will of the voters was ignored.  That hopefully will change today,” Gov. Sisolak said.